Bestsellers
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Fingerprints of the Gods
- The Quest Continues
- By: Graham Hancock
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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An intellectual detective story, this history audiobook directs probing questions at orthodox history, presenting disturbing new evidence that historians have tried - but failed - to explain....
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Classic in Historical Mysteries
- By Kelly on 09-05-19
By: Graham Hancock
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1177 B.C. (Revised and Updated)
- The Year Civilization Collapsed
- By: Eric H. Cline
- Narrated by: Eric H. Cline
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook narrated by acclaimed archaeologist and best-selling author Eric Cline offers a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in the first Dark Ages....
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Look past the one-star reviews: this is an enlightening and engaging read.
- By Alonzo Nightjar on 03-07-22
By: Eric H. Cline
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After 1177 B.C.
- The Survival of Civilizations
- By: Eric H. Cline
- Narrated by: John Chancer, Eric H. Cline
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook tells the gripping story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever.
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Great Intro to A Little Known Subject
- By Dennis Jameson on 07-13-24
By: Eric H. Cline
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The Anunnaki Chronicles
- A Zecharia Sitchin Reader
- By: Zecharia Sitchin, Janet Sitchin - editor
- Narrated by: Luke Bob Robinson
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Providing an insider's look into the decades of research behind Zecharia Sitchin's complete works as well as an in-depth overview of his theories, this collection includes carefully selected chapters from the Earth Chronicles series....
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Skipping
- By Josiah Wood on 05-05-20
By: Zecharia Sitchin, and others
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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
- How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
- By: David W. Anthony
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Learn more in this audiobook....
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Excellent
- By Anthony on 08-09-19
By: David W. Anthony
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The Lost City of the Monkey God
- A True Story
- By: Douglas Preston
- Narrated by: Bill Mumy
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City....
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Still Lost...
- By Mel on 01-12-17
By: Douglas Preston
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Fingerprints of the Gods
- The Quest Continues
- By: Graham Hancock
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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An intellectual detective story, this history audiobook directs probing questions at orthodox history, presenting disturbing new evidence that historians have tried - but failed - to explain....
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Classic in Historical Mysteries
- By Kelly on 09-05-19
By: Graham Hancock
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1177 B.C. (Revised and Updated)
- The Year Civilization Collapsed
- By: Eric H. Cline
- Narrated by: Eric H. Cline
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook narrated by acclaimed archaeologist and best-selling author Eric Cline offers a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in the first Dark Ages....
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Look past the one-star reviews: this is an enlightening and engaging read.
- By Alonzo Nightjar on 03-07-22
By: Eric H. Cline
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After 1177 B.C.
- The Survival of Civilizations
- By: Eric H. Cline
- Narrated by: John Chancer, Eric H. Cline
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook tells the gripping story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever.
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Great Intro to A Little Known Subject
- By Dennis Jameson on 07-13-24
By: Eric H. Cline
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The Anunnaki Chronicles
- A Zecharia Sitchin Reader
- By: Zecharia Sitchin, Janet Sitchin - editor
- Narrated by: Luke Bob Robinson
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Providing an insider's look into the decades of research behind Zecharia Sitchin's complete works as well as an in-depth overview of his theories, this collection includes carefully selected chapters from the Earth Chronicles series....
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Skipping
- By Josiah Wood on 05-05-20
By: Zecharia Sitchin, and others
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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
- How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
- By: David W. Anthony
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Learn more in this audiobook....
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Excellent
- By Anthony on 08-09-19
By: David W. Anthony
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The Lost City of the Monkey God
- A True Story
- By: Douglas Preston
- Narrated by: Bill Mumy
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City....
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Still Lost...
- By Mel on 01-12-17
By: Douglas Preston
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Assyria
- The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
- By: Eckart Frahm
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history....
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Outstanding Historical Book
- By Okahead on 05-15-23
By: Eckart Frahm
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Kindred
- By: Rebecca Wragg Sykes
- Narrated by: Rebecca Wragg Sykes
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Our perception of the Neanderthals has undergone a metamorphosis since their discovery 160 years ago, from the losers of the human family tree to A-list hominins....
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Horrible Recording/Sound Quality
- By Howard Houchen on 11-24-20
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The Lost Tomb
- And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
- By: Douglas Preston, David Grann - foreword
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, presents this collection of the most jaw-dropping true stories from his career as a journalist and explorer....
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Really good but could have been a more enjoyable l
- By Jason on 12-07-23
By: Douglas Preston, and others
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The Collapse of Complex Societies
- New Studies in Archaeology
- By: Joseph A. Tainter
- Narrated by: Brian Arens
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Political disintegration is a persistent feature of world history. The Collapse of Complex Societies, though written by an archaeologist, will therefore strike a chord throughout the social sciences.
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There Were Giants upon the Earth
- Gods, Demigods, and Human Ancestry: The Evidence of Alien DNA
- By: Zecharia Sitchin
- Narrated by: D. Cash Keahey
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Are we then, all of us, descendants of demigods? In this crowning oeuvre, Zecharia Sitchin proceeds step-by-step through a mass of ancient writings and artifacts, leading the listener to the stunning Royal Tombs of Ur.
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Great book! Less than stellar narration. It helped to listen at 1.2 speed
- By Anonymous User on 03-05-24
By: Zecharia Sitchin
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Women's Work
- The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
- By: Elizabeth Wayland Barber
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies....
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Respectful treatment of the archeological record.
- By fiberflair on 02-23-21
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Three Stones Make a Wall
- The Story of Archaeology
- By: Eric H. Cline
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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From the best-selling author of 1177 B.C., a comprehensive history of archaeology - from its amateur beginnings to the cutting-edge science it is today....
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Solid, but still disappointed
- By Sturgie on 04-10-18
By: Eric H. Cline
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Ancient Greece, Second Edition
- From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times
- By: Thomas R. Martin
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century BC....
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Just the way I like it!
- By TracyB on 07-25-18
By: Thomas R. Martin
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Forbidden Archeology
- The Hidden History of the Human Race
- By: Michael A. Cremo, Richard L. Thompson
- Narrated by: Laura Lee
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Abridged
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Discover an alternate history to the human race as the authors of Forbidden Archeology....
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great information but need another narrator
- By Susan on 07-12-12
By: Michael A. Cremo, and others
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The World Before Us
- The New Science Behind Our Human Origins
- By: Tom Higham
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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A fascinating investigation of the origin of humans based on incredible new discoveries and advanced scientific technology....
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Wonderfully Accessible
- By Deborah N on 11-02-21
By: Tom Higham
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The Language Puzzle
- Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
- By: Steven Mithen
- Narrated by: Kerry Hutchinson
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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A top scholar reveals the most complete picture to date of how early human speech led to the languages we use today
By: Steven Mithen
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Women in the Valley of the Kings
- The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age
- By: Kathleen Sheppard
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Women in the Valley of the Kings upends the grand male narrative of Egyptian exploration and shows how a group of courageous women charted unknown territory and changed the field of Egyptology forever.
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Nothing really
- By John Harley on 12-09-24
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World Prehistory
- The Basics
- By: Brian M. Fagan, Nadia Durrani
- Narrated by: Lee Goettl
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Providing a simple, but entertaining and stimulating, account of the prehistoric past from human origins to today from a global perspective, World Prehistory: The Basics is the ideal guide to the story of our early human past and its relevance to the modern world....
By: Brian M. Fagan, and others
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A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
- By: David Gibbins
- Narrated by: Kent Klineman
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing on decades of experience, Gibbins reveals the riches beneath the waves and shows us how the treasures found there can be a porthole to the past that tell a new story about the world and its underwater secrets.
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Awful narration and mediocre writing
- By V. Martin on 04-15-24
By: David Gibbins
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Jungle of Stone
- The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya
- By: William Carlsen
- Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
- Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1839 rumors of extraordinary yet baffling stone ruins buried within the unmapped jungles of Central America reached two of the world's most intrepid travelers....
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Unsung Explorers at the Heart of History
- By thomas on 01-10-17
By: William Carlsen
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Technology of the Gods
- The Incredible Sciences of the Ancients
- By: David Hatcher Childress
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Popular Lost Cities author David Hatcher Childress takes us into the amazing world of ancient technology, from computers in antiquity to the flying machines of the gods....
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Very insightful
- By Hagood on 03-20-18
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Gobekli Tepe
- Genesis of the Gods: The Temple of the Watchers and the Discovery of Eden
- By: Andrew Collins
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Built at the end of the last ice age, the mysterious stone temple complex of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey is one of the greatest challenges to 21st century archaeology. As much as 7,000 years older than the Great Pyramid and Stonehenge....
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Scam!
- By Sam Sapirstein on 09-28-18
By: Andrew Collins
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Europe Between the Oceans
- 9000 BC-AD 1000
- By: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 18 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Distinguished archaeologist Barry Cunliffe entirely reorients our understanding of Europe from 10,000 BC to the time of the Vikings....
By: Barry Cunliffe
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Prehistory
- Making of the Human Mind
- By: Colin Renfrew
- Narrated by: Robert Ian MacKenzie
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In this passionately argued work, Colin Renfrew offers a concise summary of prehistory while challenging the very definition of prehistory itself....
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not for the intellectually challenged
- By Anthony on 07-14-10
By: Colin Renfrew
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The Lost World of the Old Ones
- Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest
- By: David Roberts
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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In this thrilling story of intellectual and archaeological discovery, David Roberts recounts his last 20 years of far-flung exploits in search of spectacular prehistoric ruins and rock art panels known to very few modern travelers....
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Totally Awesomeness
- By Jacob Gallegos on 10-02-23
By: David Roberts
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The Creative Spark
- How Imagination Made Humans Exceptional
- By: Agustín Fuentes
- Narrated by: Agustín Fuentes
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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What made humans so exceptional among all the species on Earth? Creativity. It is the secret of what makes humans special, hiding in plain sight....
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What's new?
- By Mark on 05-02-17
By: Agustín Fuentes
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Tutankhamun and the Tomb That Changed the World
- By: Bob Brier PhD
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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It is often thought that the story of Tutankhamun ended when the thousands of items discovered by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were transported to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and put on display. But there is far more to the story....
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Excellent book; performance stumbles
- By Sarah on 03-27-23
By: Bob Brier PhD
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
- The Landmark BBC Radio 4 Series
- By: Neil MacGregor
- Narrated by: Neil MacGregor
- Length: 22 hrs and 16 mins
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In 2010, the BBC and the British Museum embarked on an ambitious project: to tell the story of 2,000,000 years of human history using 100 objects selected from the museum's vast and renowned collection....
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Warning: not audio reading of the book
- By Anonymous on 08-07-21
By: Neil MacGregor
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Rome Is Burning
- Nero and the Fire that Ended a Dynasty
- By: Anthony A. Barrett
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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According to legend, the Roman emperor Nero set fire to his majestic imperial capital and fiddled while the city burned. It’s a story that has been told for more than two millennia - and it’s likely that almost none of it is true....